"profitable" meaning in All languages combined

See profitable on Wiktionary

Adjective [English]

IPA: /ˈprɑfɪtəbl̩/ [US], /ˈprɒfɪtəbl̩/ [UK] Audio: en-us-profitable.ogg [US] Forms: profitable [positive], more profitable [comparative], most profitable [superlative]
Etymology: profit + -able Etymology templates: {{ety-suffix|profit|able}} profit + -able Head templates: {{adj|more=true}} [POS TABLE]
  1. If something is profitable, it means it is money-making or it produces other good results.
    Sense id: simple-profitable-en-adj-G-Xy1dk5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Categories (other): Terms suffixed with -able
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